Son-in-law From Rags to Riches

Nicole also decided to forego all formalities and promptly sat down. Sylphiette’s gaze landed on Yoda, who took his seat next to her.

“If I hadn’t taken a closer look, I would’ve thought it was Mr. Seet! Where did you find this hideous creature, Nicole?”

The look on Sylphiette’s face was one of barely-concealed disgust.

“My choice of companions does not concern you, Sylphiette. Why don’t you tell me why you’re here?”

Nicole was not in the mood for idle chit-chat and decided to go straight to the point.

Sylphiette picked up her coffee and took a sip. “The coffee here is quite good, Nicole. Your parents also met in a café back then.”

“Get to the point.”

“Don’t you want to hear about your parents’ relationship? It’s quite the tale; there are twists and turns and surprises.”

Sylphiette glanced at Nicole again before putting down her coffee cup with a sigh. “Alright, as you wish. But first, call Davin and have him release my father.”

Nicole was stunned.

Zane was the culprit who murdered Davin’s grandmother. How could he be expected to let Zane go so easily?

she couldn’t bring herself to ask. Nicole knew that it

you other things. This, however, is something

was thoughtful, but he was

to budge, and her expression turned icy. “My father helped your mother out of compassion. I think you should extend

debt you speak of, Sylphiette. I can handle

“Money?”

impassively at Nicole. “Do you think

a break! Given your current state, are you still pretending to be

you need money, I suppose you know better. Don’t forget that your mother is still depending

instantly sank, and

let my dad go, so be it. Squeezing some money out of her wouldn’t be so bad, right? It’s just that I

are secrets that concern your background. How much are you willing to pay

how much Sylphiette knew. If I spend such a large sum on barely any

valuable your information is. How does ten thousand

paltry ten thousand? Are you treating

if she were a miser, but also considered Nicole’s

be run, and on top of that, Nicole had four kids to take care of. It was possible that Nicole couldn’t afford

being strapped for cash? Talk about the pot calling the kettle